When comparing New Heterodox Mono vs Berkeley Mono, the Slant community recommends Berkeley Mono for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Berkeley Mono is ranked 55th while New Heterodox Mono is ranked 112nd. The most important reason people chose Berkeley Mono is:
The font does not distract you with weird glyphs – but is interesting enough to be loved.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Looks professional and scientific
There are very few free programming fonts that is serifed and have a "scientific" look.
Pro Blends well with natural language
The serif style looks very good in English, especially when writing LaTeX or README files. In a LaTeX-compiled PDF it also blends well with the Computer Modern family because both of them are "modern style".
Pro Plain enough
The font does not distract you with weird glyphs – but is interesting enough to be loved.
Pro Legible
The font is wide enough to be legible but not too much so you can actually fit some information on your screen.
Cons
Con Does not support Greeks
Con Missing weights
The regular weight is a little bit light for me, I'm waiting for the medium weight.